05-12-2016 22:32

Native American Trump advisors suggest removing tribal lands from government control

Native American advisers to President-elect Donald Trump have proposed that tribal lands be removed from government control. While they say that the move could help impoverished tribes profit from oil and gas, critics have denounced it as "privatization."Two leaders of Trump's Native American Affairs Coalition floated on Monday the idea of giving tribes more control over their land, which Reuters described as "politically explosive." Some 55.7 million acres (225,000 square kilometers) of Native
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